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quired to keep the saddle in its proper place ; tlie quarters sliould 

 be long and oval on the top ; the hips cannot be too broad in 

 a brood-mare, though in a stallion too wide hips are objection- 

 able ; the hocks should be regarded, and the shank-bone and 

 sinew, both before and behind, should be well developed, and 

 dropped straight below the joint. 



As to the shape of the stallion little satisfactory can be said. 

 It must depend upon that of the mare, and the kind of horse 

 wished to be bred ; but, if there is one point absolutely essential, 

 ^ -- '' ~ ~~-^it is compactness — as much 



^^^ goodness and strength 

 as possible condensed 

 into a small space. 

 Next to compactness, 

 the inclination of the 

 :=^^ shoulder should 

 ; be regarded. A 

 ;^huge stallion, 

 ^p with upright 

 THE ARAB STALLION JUPITER. shoulders, ncvcr 



got a capital hunter or hackney; from such nothing but a 

 cart or dray horse can be obtained, and that, perhaps, spoiled 

 by the opposite form of the mare. If, however, a merely slow 

 draught-horse is desired, an upright shoulder is desirable, if not 

 absolutely necessary. 



The principal requirements in connection with breeding may 

 be concisely summed up as follows : — 



Firat. There should be mutual adaptation in form and size, 

 and indeed in all important characteristics, between the sire and 

 the dam. 



